78 more people die from coronavirus in Turkey
Turkey has reported 78 new deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll from the virus to 10,177, the country’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a statement on Friday.
According to the statement, the number of patients reached 373,154, an increase of 2,322 patients over the past 24 hours.
While at least 1,966 patients are in critical condition, 322,465 patients suffering from the disease have so far recovered and been discharged from hospital.
13,877,705 tests for coronavirus have so far been conducted to detect infections in the country. (ILKHA)
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